Associations to the word «Dustpan»

Wiktionary

DUSTPAN, noun. A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

Dictionary definition

DUSTPAN, noun. The quantity that a dustpan will hold.
DUSTPAN, noun. A short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne